How to choose the best battery system for your forklift
Material-handling electric vehicles use two types of batteries: lithium-ion (Li-ion) and lead-acid batteries. The main deciding factors when choosing the right battery…
Empowering material handling productivity with forklift battery chargers
Forklift battery chargers are essential for ensuring the top performance and longevity of lithium batteries. Understanding how to use and…
Future proof your supply chain: Embracing Automation and AI
Supply chain leaders are turning to automation and AI to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, and elevate the customer experience Automation…
Dealers: It’s time to up your Aftermarket strategy, not overlook it
During my recent travels and meetings with industry colleagues, dealers, and OEMs, many discussions took place exploring the dynamics and…
Ready–Get Set–Do Something
Technology Rules. Every business or industry publication you pick up states….IF YOU DO NOT START TAKING ACTION NOW YOU WILL…
What does follow-up have to do with a bag of potato chips?
Hot prospect. You just made a good phone contact or had a brief meeting, and the prospect is interested in…
Forklift Battery Safety Tips & Safety Practices for Forklift Safety Day 2024
Forklifts are essential workplace vehicles that offer immense utility and productivity boosts. However, they are also associated with significant safety…
Is your dealership too busy selling hats to each other?
In April’s edition, I wrote about the topic of data-driven decision-making. In one instance, I discussed how most dealerships I…
Safety on the job gets personal
In-person training, a deliberate hiring process, and ongoing safety conversations are a few of the ways some in the industry…
Decline in new Industrial Manufacturing planned industrial project in April 2024
Industrial SalesLeads has announced the April 2024 results for the new planned capital project spending report for the Industrial Manufacturing…
The secret formula is React, Respond, Recover, +1
You do something wrong. The customer gets mad. You apologize and try to fix the problem, make nice, and hope…
Programmed growth
Tracking the markets as I do, the April results left me wondering what the heck is going on, especially when…
Presence: A key to effective leadership and an emergent culture
The world is transforming faster than ever. Many employees and leaders are feeling overwhelmed by rapidly evolving markets, a new…
Marketing shouldn’t always sell
There’s been a recent push (most likely by the bean counters) to establish a direct ROI for marketing efforts. I can…
What is the Reality of Selling? The way you do the things you do
Jeffrey, what’s the easiest way to make a sale?Jeffrey, what’s the best way to make a sale?Jeffrey, what’s the fastest…
Is your dealership embracing technology?
I recently attended MODEX 2024, and this year’s show was highly anticipated by professionals across our industry. Automation, robotics, software…
Future Business Silos
You have been following your standard business silos for many, many years. Let’s see, what do we have now: New…
Q1 2024 Ends on a strong note with March producing 174 new Industrial Manufacturing planned projects
Industrial SalesLeads just released the March 2024 results for the new planned capital project spending report for the Industrial Manufacturing…
The five ways AI is changing service provision forever in 2024
Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence are increasingly becoming must-have options to assist the growing number of operations and processes in…
Dynamic forces in action: A look at the challenges and opportunities in warehousing today
As the nerve center for many material handling operations, warehouses provide an essential role. This month, Material Handling Wholesaler asked a…
Forklift Cities – USA – Where forklifts are built in America
Where are forklifts made? Contrary to the prevailing notion that little is manufactured in the USA nowadays, the majority of…
What is the Reality of Selling? The way you do the things you do
Jeffrey, what’s the easiest way to make a sale? Jeffrey, what’s the best way to make a sale? Jeffrey, what’s…
Why a strong brand isn’t a luxury but a necessity
Who invented the light bulb? Of course, you’d say Thomas Edison. But what you may not realize is that Edison did…
Container traders anticipate rise in disruptions and increase in container prices in the wake of Baltimore Bridge Collision
US ports prepare for rising traffic amid growing freight volumes xCPSI rises significantly from 26 to 61 points in one…
Is your customer feedback used to diagnose or sell?
You walk into your general practitioner’s office. You have some pain in your knee lingering for a while from an old…
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Why predictive analytics, robotics, and data driven logistics are transforming how and where goods move For decades, industrial real estate…
Remanufacturing of 100,000 vehicles as a strong commitment to the circular economy in material handling Anniversary truck ETV 216i handed…
2-mile Dune Express conveyor showcases advanced industrial engineering, heavy-duty reliability, and large-scale logistics innovation. SEW-EURODRIVE is helping power one of…
The Long Beach City Council has voted unanimously to confirm Mayor Rex Richardson’s reappointment of Sharon L. Weissman to the…
Shipments of cutting tools, measured by the Cutting Tool Market Report, a collaboration between AMT – The Association For Manufacturing…